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"Ghost Cantata" [Neil Butterworth]

Title

"Ghost Cantata" [Neil Butterworth]

Creator

Butterworth, Neil; music (English, born 1934)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

1968 [composition]

Subject

genre: cantata|choral music
chorus: SSA chorus
instrumentation: piano|percussion
origin: United Kingdom
male composer

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "The Poor Ghost"
Performance instructions: "Portions of the [suite] require ssa, [pianoforte], [percussion]" (Gooch and Thatcher 4688).
Performance history: First performance in Croydon, May 1969 (Gooch and Thatcher 4688).

Format

Format 1: musical score

Source

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4688
Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

Identifier

Record: CRM-poorghost-butterworth

Rights

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Files

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Collection

Citation

Butterworth, Neil; music (English, born 1934) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Ghost Cantata" [Neil Butterworth],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/3179.